[stylist] LGBTQ REVISITED

Tue Mar 25 02:27:12 UTC 2014

It also starred Wesley Snipes and John Leguzamo, who, along with Patrick
Swayze, played transgender characters who end up in a small mid-west
town. I don't think anyone discovers they were not born women, but they
affect the lives of the town people they encounter.

Bridgit

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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit
Pollpeter
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Jackie,

The movie is Tu Wong Fu: To Julie Newmar, with Love, starring Patrick
Swayze, and yes, it was a funny but heart-felt movie. It was made in the
mid-90's.

Bridgit

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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jackie
Williams
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 7:42 PM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] LGBTQ REVISITED

I AM STILL REVISITING ALL THE E-MAILS I MISSED. Well, I enclosed my few
about spiders. I have had a hard time remembering the meanings of all
these letters, but I have one or two poems that might nibble on the
edges.  I have known many gay men, some fellow teachers, two of whom
adopted. Quite amazing for Arizona. Better parents I never knew. I also
found that my Great Aunt Dora, a heroine of mine throughout my life,
left a letter when she died asking that her headstone be placed next to
another woman's headstone, and a tender letter was enclosed. A very
attractive woman, she refused offers of
marriage, and became the Librarian at Upper Iowa University. When    she
retired after fifty years, an old beau asked her again, and she again
refused. Years after this mystery, an answer. Then, some years ago, I
saw a movie with a Chinese title about a drag queen. It starred the
dancer who also starred in ghost, and it was hilarious.  I also visited
a friend in San Francisco, and went first to a place to eat and see the
belly dancers. Then we went next door and saw endless men in drag. I had
to write about a man with a mother that could be me, and his wife and
child who could be my daughter-in-law. Other than my imagination, I
don't have a lot of knowledge, except my scientific-based beliefs, that
is most developments take place in the womb, and sometimes are highly
influenced also by environments that cannot help but magnify or turn the
tide to an already genetic pattern. Now that I think of it, I have three
poems that touch in some way on one or another of these "letters."
              I suggest that you read this first line by line, and spell
out the few words that are not phonetic, then read it a second time with
insert, down arrow. It is long, 73 lines. I  submitted it to Georgia for
several years, since I understood it to be the drag queen capitol of the
U.S., but it must have offended someone to claim it as part of their
history. It is a marathon of rhyming, and if you do not hear it, the
format has not remained true. Category 4 Jacqueline Williams
Expressing Beliefs In All Ways                                     1431
W.
7th Place

Mesa, AZ 85201

480-834-1782

The Evolution of a Drag Queen

"My Mother, nothing comes to mind 
to extricate me from my bind."
Athletic honors, throwing shot 
and javelin were surely not
the skills that now will make up for 
a youth I wasted. I foreswore
the effort facing learning times, 
realities and saving dimes.
All those awards led me astray 
until too late, though I must say
the medals for my breaststroke swims 
left me big "pecs" and long strong limbs.
I had a decent resume 
before I lost my job. Foul play 
robbed goals set by my love and me 
for newborn son, cast them asea.

"My son, I'll think about it soon." 
So often, Mom, I've heard this tune.
You'll wear your gowns and gaudy rings 
to hifalutin social things.
Oh, wait, my quite majestic mom, 
so tall, so buxom, such aplomb.
Ideas brew-a rushing tide. 
I'll find a conquest for my bride.

You gone, your spikes upon my feet, 
I walk and fall and still repeat
a practice that becomes my code, 
a perfect imagery, the mode.
I've got the walk, now what to do 
to make the perfect witch's brew
that causes me to light the flame? 
Please bring me soon to newborn fame.

My wife's peach-pink scant underpants 
inspire an undulating dance.
While she, adored, earns great big bucks, 
I hold the bottle my son sucks.
As "Mister Mom," I take him here 
and there and now it's everywhere.
The beauty parlor-such a place! 
He always grins his funny face.
We hang out as a winsome pair. 
The ladies think us both quite fair.
As one beautician holds him tight, 
another makes my eyes shine bright.
Eye shadow, glitter, wigs all glow. 
My heart beats fast. My wife will know
the depth of love I feel for her. 
Oh, dear, my makeup must not blur.
I slowly roll my thigh-highs up- 
the jet-black net-oh, quite corrupt.

My mom and wife will meet for dinner. 
I pray that they will see a winner.
Mother, son and dearest one 
arrive all laughing, full of fun-
awash in new-felt wonderments 
at rainbow fans on fundaments.
They do not know I'm here, you see, 
cast eyes at entrance doors. Oh me.

The drum roll comes and I sashay 
the runway, not one hair astray.
Bestowing smiles on all alike-
arched eyebrows, winks, I pass my tyke
with arms outstretched and then he knows 
his "Mommy" right down to my toes.

And now when all is said and done, 
with kudos to my lovely one,
she must compete with all those droves 
who bring me gifts and treasure troves
of drag queens-past and present tense. 
I hope that I'll maintain the sense
to build a future-one to see- 
that's free of fear and bigotry.

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